painkillers

  • A woman holds her hand in pain.
    pain

    Compound may treat neuropathic pain without opioids

    Researchers have taken a key step forward to a new, non-opioid approach to treating neuropathic pain.
  • white pills spill from orange bottle on orange background
    opioids

    Access to prescription opioids may reduce overdose deaths

    "Our findings suggest that restoring easier access to opioid pain medications may protect against fatal overdoses."
  • pile of ibuprofen tablets
    inflammation

    Finding may explain variation in similar painkillers

    A new study may clarify why NSAIDs like ibuprofen and aspirin can have unexpected and unexplained effects on diseases like heart disease and cancer.
  • An orange pill bottle with white pills spills onto a black surface
    opioids

    Living ‘nerve circuit’ could test opioid alternatives

    Half a million people in the US have died from opioid overdose in the past 10 years. Researchers hope a living bioengineered nerve circuit can change that.
  • A man grimaces in pain while outside
    pain

    Team maps how brain signals trigger pain

    A new discovery of how a potent neuropeptide binds to a brain receptor involved in causing human pain could lead to new painkilling medications.
  • A bunch of red ibuprofen pills
    ibuprofen

    Ibuprofen changes liver metabolism in mice

    "Many commonly used drugs such as ibuprofen are being overused and should not be used for certain conditions such as mild pain."
  • 3 vials of naloxone sit on a white background with their labels visible reading "injectable Naloxone."
    opioids

    Most people who need anti-overdose drug don’t get it

    Naloxone can save the lives of people who take high-dose opioids, but less than 2% of those who need it actually get it.
  • A pill bottle sits on its side with its lid on, reading "Push down & turn"
    painkillers

    Disposal packets make it easier to get rid of leftover painkillers

    Many parents keep their own and their children's unused opioids, but a simple take-home pill disposal packet can help reduce risk.
  • ZH853 - morphine and needle (opioids concept)
    opioids

    New opioid has speedier pain recovery than morphine

    Morphine can mask pain, but also increase patients' sensitivity to it. A new opioid, ZH853, cuts out that side effect and sped up recovery in rats.
  • pills on a white table against blue (opioids, drug manufacturers)
    opioids

    To fight the opioid epidemic, take drug makers to court?

    While suing drug makers that produce opioids hasn't been very successful in the past, researchers say the strategy could work better now.
  • pills on orange background
    side effects

    Aspirin-like drug may block protein needed for hearing

    A drug prescribed for arthritis and pain may inhibit a protein key to hearing—just as doctors are considering using the drug for other diseases.
  • blister packs for pills - silver and white
    drug development

    Can this new painkiller evade the flaws of opioids?

    A synthetic compound called UKH-1114 works as well as a widely used drug for relieving pain in mice—but at much lower doses and for longer.